Holy Land heroes flex their media muscle

AUTHOR(S)

Jaafar, Ali

PUB. DATE

March 2005

SOURCE

Variety;3/14/2005, Vol. 398 Issue 4, p5

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Focuses on superhero comic books under AK Comics, a line of comic-books created for the Middle Easterns. Background on character Zein; Views of creator Ayman Kandeel on the comic books; Language versions of the comics.

ACCESSION #

16407617

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